A permanent deal for goalkeeper Paul Lopez appears to have been hinted at after Tottenham Hotspur entered in negotiations to sell his main competition as a third choice keeper at the club.

On-loan Lopez is yet to appear for Spurs in a senior match this season as back-up to Hugo Lloris and Michel Vorm, but has made the bench a number of times.

Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino and goalkeeping coach Toni Jimenez rate the 22-year-old goalkeeper highly and a move to make his time at the club from Espanyol a permanent stay is highly likely, with the option believed to have been part of the initial loan deal.

Lopez has impressed during his Premier League 2 performances for the club's development side. Now his main competition for that third place slot in the first team is looking likely to depart Tottenham.

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Peterborough United director of football Barry Fry revealed that the club are negotiating a deal for 21-year-old Luke McGee, who impressed at the Posh on loan this season. Fry hinted that a new goalkeeper was about to sign for Tottenham.

"I went to the West Ham v Spurs match last Friday with the intention of speaking to Daniel Levy,” Fry told the Peterborough Telegraph. “We had a conversation, and while negotiating with Levy is never easy, I made our case and I hope we will speak again soon.

Hugo Lloris and Michel Vorm have been in fine form this season while Pau Lopez is yet to play

“I want to sign Luke on a free transfer, but I would give Spurs a huge sell-on fee. It makes sense for us and I think it makes sense for Spurs as well as, good as Luke is, he is not near their first team and I understand they will be signing another goalkeeper soon anyway."

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Pochettino showed his hand somewhat when asked by football.london about Lopez earlier in the season after Lloris and Vorm signed new deal and whether that affected whether Spurs kept the young third choice keeper.

"It's nothing to do with Pau. The three keepers are in different situations, different positions, different levels," said the manager. "Pau is more for the present and future and the new deals have nothing to do with him."

Lopez, 22, was in fine form for Espanyol last season and earned himself a call-up to Vicente del Bosque's preliminary Spain squad for Euro 2016, but did not end up making the final cut. He then fell out of favour with the new coach at the La Liga club, the former Watford boss Quique Sánchez Flores.